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† Hadland, n.2 Obs.
[f. had, pa. tense of have + land: cf. Lackland.]
A humorous title for one who formerly owned land and has lost it.
1592Greene Upst. Courtier in Harl. Misc. (1810) V. 405 They dub him ‘Sir John had Land’, before they leave him. 1607Middleton Michaelmas Term v. i, You master prodigal Had-land; away! 1610J. Davies Commend. Poems, Panegyricke Wks. (Grosart) 3 note, Few Hadlands take pleasure to behold the lands they had. |